That ain't too bad. 7.5 lbs. is a good ballpark for me to shoot for. So that's not too far off. wouldn't mind that. I tend to gravitate towards the ones with a little more meat to the tone, and often it ends up being a tad more weight. But that's never written in stone. I've looked for a long time, and wanted a real light one, but never could find one that I liked the sound of.

Well, you see, there's actually two that I'm scoping from different dealers. One is a bit lighter......one is a different color..... neither is located anywhere near me and it's very unlikely that I would find one hanging on a shelf anywhere in CT.

If I was just looking for, say, an American Standard I could hit a number of places, but once you start looking for something more specialized you either have to special order it (which means you're stuck with it if you don't like it) or order from one of the better online shops that stock the CS line and will let you return it if you don't dig it for some reason.

Obviously, there's no substitute for having one in your hands to try before you buy and if I could find one locally, I wouldn't need to bother the TGP brethren with my query